The event is quite well managed and conducted in a professional manner. It could do better, though, and being run more along the lines of the Eurobike competition may well be a step in this direction.

One notable characteristic of the finalists tends to be that design are offered up as based on one key feature. (You can get a feel for the way this works here). Actually, if you were to take the various innovations and combine them into a particular frame, you would have much more powerful and convincing–even more practical–designs.

Perhaps the separation of entries between students and established designers will be a step in this direction. Student designers come up with creative ideas, although they often stretch the bounds of practicality.